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**ClearURLs** is an add-on based on the new WebExtensions technology and is optimized for *Firefox* and *Chrome* based browsers.
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					**ClearURLs** is an add-on based on the new WebExtensions technology and is optimized for *Firefox* and *Chrome* based browsers.
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This add-on will remove the tracking fields from all URLs, which are visited by the browser, with the help of an external rule file, 
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					This extension will automatically remove tracking elements from URLs to help protect your privacy when browse through the Internet, 
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which is regularly updated by us and can be found [here](https://gitlab.com/KevinRoebert/ClearUrls/raw/master/data/data.min.json), 
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					which is regularly updated by us and can be found [here](https://gitlab.com/KevinRoebert/ClearUrls/raw/master/data/data.min.json).
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to protect your privacy.
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## Application
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					## Application
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Large (and small) websites use elements in the URL, e.g.: `https://example.com?utm_source=newsletter1&utm_medium=email&utm_campaign=sale`
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					Many websites use tracking elements in the URL (e.g. `https://example.com?utm_source=newsletter1&utm_medium=email&utm_campaign=sale`) to mark your online activity. 
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to track your online activities. In this example, the `utm` fields used to track a custom campaign, managed by Google. It tells the provider, and also Google, 
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					All that tracking code is not necessary for a website to be displayed or work correctly and can therefore be removed—that is exactly what ClearURLs does.
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the source, the medium (e.g. email or web) and the specific campaign of the link. All these tracking fields are not necessary for a website to be displayed 
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or work correctly and can therefore be removed - that is exactly what ClearURLs does, so you can think of it as an *URL clean maid*.
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Another common example are Amazon URLs. If you search for a product on Amazon you will get a very long URL for this product, e.g. 
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					Another common example are Amazon URLs. If you search for a product on Amazon you will see a very long URL, such as: 
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					`https://www.amazon.com/dp/exampleProduct/ref=sxin_0_pb?__mk_de_DE=ÅMÅŽÕÑ&keywords=tea&pd_rd_i=exampleProduct&pd_rd_r=8d39e4cd-1e4f-43db-b6e7-72e969a84aa5&pd_rd_w=1pcKM&pd_rd_wg=hYrNl&pf_rd_p=50bbfd25-5ef7-41a2-68d6-74d854b30e30&pf_rd_r=0GMWD0YYKA7XFGX55ADP&qid=1517757263&rnid=2914120011`
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https://www.amazon.com/dp/exampleProduct/ref=sxin_0_pb?__mk_de_DE=ÅMÅŽÕÑ&keywords=tea
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&pd_rd_i=exampleProduct&pd_rd_r=8d39e4cd-1e4f-43db-b6e7-72e969a84aa5&pd_rd_w=1pcKM
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					Indeed most of the above URL is tracking code. Once ClearURLs has cleaned the address, it will look like this:
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&pd_rd_wg=hYrNl&pf_rd_p=50bbfd25-5ef7-41a2-68d6-74d854b30e30
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&pf_rd_r=0GMWD0YYKA7XFGX55ADP&qid=1517757263&rnid=2914120011
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the most of this URL is available for tracking and is not needed. After ClearURLs has cleaned this URL, it looks like this:
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`https://www.amazon.com/dp/exampleProduct`
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					`https://www.amazon.com/dp/exampleProduct`
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					## Permissons
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					Reasoning for needed permissions can be found under [here](https://gitlab.com/KevinRoebert/ClearUrls/issues/159).
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## Screenshot
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					## Screenshot
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## CI/CD Artifacts Download (for Firefox- and Chrome-Dev only)
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					## CI/CD Artifacts Download (for Firefox- and Chrome-Dev only)
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Here you can download the packed files for the Firefox- and Chrome-Dev:
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					Here you can download the packed files for the Firefox- and Chrome-Dev:
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## Recommended by...
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					## Recommended by...
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*  [ghacks-user.js](https://github.com/ghacksuserjs/ghacks-user.js/wiki/4.1-Extensions)
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					*  [ghacks-user.js](https://github.com/ghacksuserjs/ghacks-user.js/wiki/4.1-Extensions)
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*  [Awesome Humane Tech List](https://github.com/humanetech-community/awesome-humane-tech#tracking)
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					*  [Awesome Humane Tech List](https://github.com/humanetech-community/awesome-humane-tech#tracking)
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					*  ClearURLs is part of Mozilla's recommended extensions program
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## Permissions
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					## Permissions
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Reasoning for needed permissions you can find under [this discussion](https://gitlab.com/KevinRoebert/ClearUrls/issues/159).
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					Reasoning for needed permissions you can find under [this discussion](https://gitlab.com/KevinRoebert/ClearUrls/issues/159).
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